Vitamix Eco 5 FoodCycler 1 Week Update and Corn Cob CHALLENGE

[@evelynknight5627]

Wow, that's incredible! Seemed like it reduced quite a lot in volume in the end product. More than I had expected, though I guess I shouldn't be so shocked considering how much moisture is in food scraps to begin with. Very very cool!

[@WorldComposting]

What is also neat is at one point I opened it up and it looked and smelled like vegetable soup. You are right most fruits are just water so drying them out really reduces the volume!

[@Unknown-w6b8n]

I have ran 2 full pots through ours since we got it, I love it !!!

[@MichelleMonstera]

I love these updates! So fun to see

[@mllokie9075]

Sweet love this idea to see how well it is I am sure the company will love Yes I grind corncobs thanks I will love to see how this goes over time

[@AJsGreenTopics]

Great appliance. 👍

[@MikeTrieu]

Wow, you processed corn cobs with all the starchy kernels still attached. A load like that would have brought by FC-50 to a halt. Very impressive!

[@A-V]

As coincidence would have it, I too did some pulverizing of corn that I got from mom earlier today. She took the time to dry it in her over for a while - and once I got it home I also hacked it into small-sized segments & left it out in the sun all day long to further dry out. Once the backyard was in shade I collected the corn segments & took them downstairs & pulverized it all (approx 5 ears with kernels). The finished product is not entirely dehydrated... but that's OK. To me it looks & feels like something that, I think, the worms are going to go crazy for 👍🏻

[@NanasWorms]

I might try your process myself with some corn cobs, AV. I would like to feed my worms more corn this fall, but I don't want to go fishing for corn cobs for the next six months! ~ Sandra

[@A-V]

I'm with you on having the everlasting cobs floating around for months & months :)

[@WorldComposting]

Worms do like corn but full cobs take months to breakdown. I'm still shocked the machine can handle inputs like corn, peach pits, and chicken bones. I'm still running it almost daily to test it out and so far it has handled everything no problem!

[@A-V]

Very cool 👍🏻

[@ota7548]

Man I need to resist the urge to pick one up; I wonder if you pulled out some contents part way but still very hot, and then threw them into a worm farm during the winter that it would provide some warmth for the worms. Much like throwing ice packs in when its hot.

[@WorldComposting]

Hmm you probably could as the lid does not lock. But it boils off the liquid so it would be really hot. The first time I ran it I opened it as soon as the cycle completed and needed a glove to hold the container so maybe you could add that to a bin with less risk.

[@wallysworms]

Is it easy to clean out or rather difficult? Nice video. Interested in how it grinds up corn cobs.

[@WorldComposting]

So far it seems really easy as all I'm doing is dumping out the material. I could just dump it in my yard but I'm planning on adding it to my worm bins.

[@feramis19]

Have you tried with left over pizza? Or left over pasta? I just got my eco 5 today, it’s running now, I do use lemons a lot and mandarins, so we will see how that goes with the peels.

[@WorldComposting]

Yes I have put leftover pizza in it. We never have leftover pasta. I've put in tons of orange peels without any issues. Only issues have been with lots of asparagus or artichokes can block it up so add those in shifts if you have a lot.

[@tommoore8087]

Have you added this to your worm bin?

[@kamsai5132]

Do you have an Idea how much electricity does it consume